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Scot suffers cruel cut

Richie Ramsay sees his hopes dashed after struggling on the greens

With a handful of holes left to play, Richie Ramsay was perfectly placed to become the first British amateur in 29 years to make the cut at The Masters, but he was left to reflect on his failure to make anything of the ferocious greens at Augusta National. "You drive for show and putt for dough," he said, before pausing to correct himself. "Except I don't play for dough."

Ramsay, whose aim was to emulate Peter McEvoy, the Englishman who made it to the weekend in 1978, missed out by four strokes after rounds of 76 and 80. His 12-overpar total was no disgrace in a brutal tournament that also counted Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Colin Montgomerie among its victims at the halfway stage. Ramsay, in fact, was on the cut line with six holes left. "If I had putted better, I would have made it," he said.